Improvement in plows



W. C. HOLMES.

Piow Stock.

No. 23,580. Patented April 12, 1859.

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lll'NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W. G. HOLMES, OF BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 23,580, dated April 12,1859.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, W. G. HOLMES, ofBarnesville, in the county of Pike and State of Georgia, have invented anew and useful Improvement on the Plow-Stock; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figurel is a top view; Fig. 2, a side view; Fig. 3, a detached portion,showing the attachment of the foot to the beam.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iproceed to deseribe its construction and operation.

I construct my double beam, as seen at a, Fig. 1, by bending a piece ofiron or steel in the form of the letter U, each prong of which isdoubled about two-thirds of its length. The

interior limb of each beam is bent at right angles inwardly, as seen atI), Fig. 1, forming an adjustable brace by being attached.

0 is a cross-brace, serving with brace I) to keep the parallelism of thebeams.

dis a hook, delineated in red, to be attached when it is wished tochange the double into a single stock.

fis an attached seed-dropper, of which is a block, through which theaxle passes.

it is an axle in which there is a receptacle for seed, and i a wheelrevolving on the ground and depositing the seed at each revolution.

In Fig. 3, 7c is a double shank receiving the beam in its opening.

an is a brace passing through the opening of the beam, and being firmlywelded in the opening of the shank at the heel.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The arrangement of the double beams a a, hook d, cross adjustablebraces b and c, shanks k, and braces m, the whole being constructed inthe manner described, for the purpose specifled.

2. In combination with the above, the seed dropper], constructed foroperation conjointly, as set forth.

W. O. HOLMES;

Witnesses:

THOMAS 0. Donna J. M. BARKER.

